Ibuse, Masuji

1917 – Entered the preparatory course in the Department of Literature at Waseda University.

1919 – Ibuse advanced to the French literature section of the department, making his initial attempts at writing fiction under the encouragement of a close friend named Aoki Nanpachi.

1923 – Ibuse made his literary debut with the story Ykhei (Confinement), which was published in the coterie magazine Seiki (Century).

1930 – He established himself as an important author with the publication of Yofuke to ume no hana (Midnight and Plum Blossoms), a collection containing the stories SanshMuo (Salamander; first published as a revised version of Ykhei) and Yane no ue no sawan (Sawan on the Roof).